4th of July

This year we decided to do things a little different. I have to say I have never been impressed with Greensboro parades, especially the 4th of July one. The Christmas one isn't too bad because they have the giant balloons that entertain the kids. Since the kids really never liked the 4th we decided to join some friends in a game of softball at 9am. They wanted more of a full on softball ball game- meaning no kids were really allowed to play. We decided to go early and play with the boys some before so they didn't wouldn't feel too bad when only the adults got to play. Tio Marcos came early to play as well. Kelson was standing on first base when he yelled to Cheeto, "Daddy, I stepped on a frog." Cheeto said to just leave it alone. Kelson yelled back, "But daddy he's got blood." Cheeto went over and kicked it into some nearby grass. Poor Kelson did feel bad. He got a little mixed up when he said, "Daddy the next time I kill a frog, I won't mean to kill it." I think he was stepping close to it to try to get it to jump away and he accidently stepped on it. The boys had some fun with Daddy and Tio. When all the adults started to show up; G'ma, Tia Lettie, and I took the kids over to the park with the dogs, MJ and Bofo. They had fun over there for quite awhile. The boys love playing with the dogs. However, Bofo had an injury so they couldn't really play with him much. Soon Marcos came limping over in pain. He got line drived and wasn't walking real well. He was in quite of bit of pain the rest of the day. After the game, Cheeto had to go to work for awhile. Analise helped me make some cookies. She's becoming quite the little helper. We then played some games before lunch and had some quiet time. I was in need of a good nap. Cheeto came home at 3pm and we headed to G'ma's to play on the slip n' slide. Cade had gotten into some trouble and wasn't allowed to play in the water. This made me feel bad but he has to learn there are consequences for your actions. He didn't gripe too much while they were playing. He helped me take pictures and played with MJ. We ate dinner about 5ish. Kris and Lettie were late because they had to take Bofo to the doggie ER. They found out he had a fracture in his leg and broke his toe. I think that's what they said. Not sure for sure. :) They brought him back with a splint up his entire leg. Poor thing. I'm not an animal person by any means, but it was still sad to see him doped on drugs and not being able to walk. Marcos and his friend Stu did some street fireworks for us. Analise didn't like that her daddy was down where the sparks were flying. Kelson comforted her and covered her ears. What a sweet big brother! We were late getting home again. This was the second night we had the kids up past 10pm. That is so rare at our house. We had a fun 4th and that's all that matters.